Ex-diplomat pleads guilty to fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Tokyo District Court on July 31 to attend the trial of Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, who is charged with fraud. Matsuo pleaded guilty to swindling the state out of 161 million yen in secret funds while in charge of helping coordinate overseas trips by Japanese prime ministers between 1997 and 1999.

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